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| the transmission of traits from one generation to the next |
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| offspring differ somewhat in appearance from parents and siblings |
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| the scientific study of heredity and hereditary variation |
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| hereditary units endowe with coded information that passes from parent to offspring |
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| a gene's specific location along the length of a chromosome |
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| a single individual is the sole parent and passes copies of all its genes to its offspring |
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| a group of genetically identical individuals |
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| two parents give rise to offspring that have unique combinations of genes inherited from the 2 parents |
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| the generation-to-generation sequence of stages in the reproductive history of an organism |
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| any cell other than a sperm or ovum |
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| a display of chromosomes arranged in pairs |
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| the chromosomes that make up a pair-- that have the same length, centromere position, and staining pattern |
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| all chromosomes not X and Y |
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| a cell with a single chromosome set |
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| a fertilized egg; contains two sets of haploid chromosomes |
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| all cells having 2 sets of chromosomes |
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| a process of cell division which halves the number of chromosomes in gametes, which compensates for the doubling at fertilization |
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| alternation of generations |
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| a type of life cycle that includes both diploid and haploid multicellular stages |
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| multicellular diploid stage |
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| haploid cells in sporotype |
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| a multicellular haploid stage generated by a mitotically dividing spore |
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the first division of a 2 stage cell division in sexually reproducing organisms |
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| 2nd stage cell division in sexually reproducing organisms |
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| occurs during prophase I of meiosis; duplicated chromosomes pair with their homologues |
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| the visible homologous pair of chromatids |
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| X-shaped regions which are crisscrossed sections of nonsister chromatids |
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| the reciprocal exchange of genetic material between nonsister chromatids |
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| combine genes inherited from our 2 parents |
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